International Operation Leads to Ransomware Ringleader Arrest

Law enforcement agencies from seven countries, along with Europol and Eurojust, have arrested several high-ranking members of a ransomware group responsible for attacks against organizations in 71 countries.

In a series of raids across Ukraine, the agencies apprehended several individuals that allegedly belong to the group, which has encrypted over 250 servers and cost large corporations several hundreds of millions of euros. Europol said they have targeted several large corporations with ransomware like LockerGoga, MegaCortex, Hive and Dharma.

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